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need for local expertise and resources are not met. While Malaysia may have adequate facilities
for such research, a further problem is the insufficiency of annual funds to curate specimens
on a long term basis.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank the CIS staff who were involved in the studies. The studies were funded by IRPA
09-02-02-0022, 09-02-02-0170 and 09-02-02-0017-EA072 under the auspices of the Ministry
of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
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